Container



Feb. 1, 1944.

l.. IL.l DENISON CONTAINER Filed4 May 4. 1942 rroeA/En Patented Feb. 1,1944 CONTAINER Leon E. Denison, Richmond Heights, Mo., assignor. toBrooks Paper Company, St. Louis, Mo., a corporation ofA MissouriApplication May 4, 1942,v Seriali No. 441,657- Y 4 Claims.

This invention relates generally to containers and, more particularly,to a certain new and useful improvement in containers of bag, carton, orother such type commonly employed in the retail merchandising of rice,sugar, salt, and other iiaked, granular, pulverized, or flowableedibles' or other materials or substances.

My invention has for its object the. provision of a container of thetype mentioned with a pouring-outlet and av closure-assembly thereforuniquely capable of repeated manipulation for enabling the house-wife toconveniently remove selected portions of the contents and meanwhilepreserving and protecting the gradually lessening contents until thecont'ainer has been entirely emptied of its contents.

And with the above. andv other objects in view, my invention resides inthe. novel features of form, construction, arrangement, and combinationof parts presently described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawingv Figure 1 illustrates in elevation arice-packed iiexible bag or container equipped with a pouring-opening oroutlet and closure in accordance with and embodying my invention, thecontainer being partly broken away and in section and the pouring-outletbeing closed;

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmental longitudinal sectional view, takenapproximately on the line 2-2, Figure l, of the container with itscontents removed;

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmental transverse sectional view of thecontainer taken approximately on the line 3 3, Figure 1;

Figure 4 is an elevational View of the combined closure-providing andreinforcing member of the container;

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmental elevational view of the containerwith its outlet-closure in open contents-dispensing position;

Figure 6 is an elevational view of a container equipped with a slightlymodified pouring-opening and closure embodying my invention;

Figure 7 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view taken approximatelyon the line 1 1, Figure 6;

Figure 8 illustrates the container of Figure '7 equipped with anoutlet-closure assembly for location and attachment in operableassociation with its pouring-outlet; and

Figure 9 is a perspective View of the closure assembly of my inventionapplicable to the dispensing-opening or outlet of the containers 0fFigures 7 and 8.

' Referring. 4now more in detail andby reference, characters; to; theaccompanying drawing, which illustrates practical embodiments.- of myinvention, A, Figures 1 to.` 5, both inclusive, designates anypreferably exible standard container, such, for instance, as a papervbag, which, while not. here shawn, is folded and interfolded at its oneor base-end in any suitable mannerV and,l at its otherend or top, is,when fil-led withits contents,z in the present instance, a granularprod-v uct, such as rice B, is also folded and inter-*- folded, as at,t, as will be well understood'.

During the formation of the bag A, however, amembery C, which isconstructed preferably of any suitable relatively light-weight bendablepaste-board,v card-board, or the like, and which may have any suitablecontour, is adhesively, as at 5, fixed to and upon the sheet orsectionQE material of which the bag A is formed at such selected location'that,the construction of the bag A being completed, the member C will bepresented. on a wall, and preferably adjacent the upper or open end, ofthe finished bag. In the present instance, thel member C is in theformation of a disk and, resulting from the location thereof duringformationof the bag, appears upon a wall 2, and adjacent the upper endof, the bag, as best seen in Figure 1.

The member C being so located, the member C and the bag wall 2 areregistrably and as a unit circularly die-cut or kerfed, as at 3, forapproximately 280 on a selected radius. 'Il'le bag A is thereby'providedwith an outlet a of circular conformation and of a selected diametricaldimension for pouring or discharging the particular contents ofthe bagor container A, and, at the same time, the bag A is also therebyprovided with a so-called flap c for closure of such outlet a, as shown.The iiap c, which includes a Vportion of the member C, as well as theunderlying adhesively attached kerfed portion of the bag wall 2, is thusintegrally joined, as at 4, to the respective member C and wall 2, andsuch portion 4 is preferably suitably scored, as at c', during thekerfing of the member C for facilitating bending thereof in any hingemovements of the flap c, as presently fully appears.

Then, as at 6, applied at an end to and upon the container A adjacent aportion of the margin of the member C, is a section of so-called tackyor adhesive tape or other like material D of suitable width, as bestseen in Figure l, and

of a length to extend adhesively crosswise or diametrical over and uponthe member C and the ap c' and for adhesive attachment as its oppomallyto firmly and securely retain the fiap-c .v

in full seated closure position in the outlet aV and in iiushwiseregistration with the member C,"-

as best seen in Figures 1, 2,'and 3. However, under proper pull, thestrip D may befdetached house-wife with the unit G properly locatedthereon with respect to its opening 8, as shown in Figure 6, withappropriate manipulating instructions displayed thereon.

The structure is inexpensive, extremely simple, most easily andconveniently operable, and exceedingly efficient in the performance ofits intended functions, andit ,should bev understood that changesandmodiiications in the form, construction, arrangement, and combinationof the .several parts of the structure and closure-as- 'sembly may bemade and substituted for those at its end 1 from the container-Wall 2and then,

as the strip D is flexibly or hingedly pulled up wardly away from thecontainer A, the adhesively attached flap c is hingedly lifted along thescoring c from its normal ushwise seating in the kerfed portion 3 of themember C and removed from its closure position in thevoutlet a, as bestseen in Figure 5, and pouring of the granular or'other flowable contentsB thereby freely permitted to the extent desired, the flap c being againcarried to full closure-position in the outlet a and into flushwiseregistration with the member C on reverse swinging or hinged move'- mentof the end-portion 1 of the tape D and reattachment thereof to and uponthe container wall2.

Preferably, though not necessarily,` the tape D at its upper end 6 maybeoverlapped andadditionally secured to the container A by means of a`strip E having permanent adhesive qualities, which may continue overthe folds I and for some distance therebeyond, as shown in Figure 2,thus serving also as a sealing agent for the package as a whole.

In the structures illustrated in Figures 6to 9; both inclusive, aiiexible or paper container A is housed within an enclosing paste-board,cardboard, or other such rigid or semi-rigid carton F, which ispreferably provided in a wall f thereof with an elliptical or otherwisecontoured sightopening 8, and to which carton F is, as shown in Figure8, accessibly attached a unit G, which ncludes a tacky strip D' and aclosure-flap c". Accordingly, in practice; the house-Wife, underinstructions displayed on the carton F, Will at 1 the opening 8 suitablypuncture the Wall 2' of the housed bag` A', then first detach the unit Gfrom the container F, and then locate andattach the same upon thecarton-wall f, so that thestrip D may be repeatedly used as a means formanipulating the flap c" to seat the same in the cut-out 8 in closureposition over the housed container A or, as seen in Figure '7, removethe same from such seated position'as may be desired until the packagehas been entirely emptied of its contents. Of course, the carton F maybe supplied to the Vherein shown and described Without departing fromthe nature andprinciple of my invention. 1 Having thus described myinvention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. In combination, a container, a member fixed l fiatvvise on a wall ofthe container, said member and the container-Wall being kerfed as a unitfor providing a discharge outlet through both said member and thecontainer-Wall and a two-ply iiap for seating in said outlet for closurethereof, and means for manipulating the flap to and from its seat.

' 2. In combination, a container having a wall constructed of fiexiblematerial, a member of bendable material xed iiatwise on saidcontainer-Wall, said member and the container-Wall being kerfed as aunit for providing aY discharge outletand an integrally joined two-plyiiap for seating -in said outlet for closure thereof, and meansformanipulating the iiap' to and from its seat. f

3. In combination, a container having a wall constructed of liexiblematerial, a memberl of bendable materialy fixed flatwise on said.container-Wall, said member and the container-Wall being .kerfed asa'unit for providing a discharge outlet and an integrallyl joinedvtwo-ply flap for seating in said outlet for closure thereof, said apcomprising a portion of the container-wall and a portion of said member,and means including a section of tape connected to said member and tosaid flap for hingedly manipulating the ap to and from its seat.

4. In combination, acontainer having a wall constructed of flexiblematerial, 'a member 'of bendable material fixed flatWise on saidcontainer-Wall, said member and the container- Wall being kerfed as aunit for providing a discharge outlet and an integrally joined two-plyflap for seating in said outlet for closure thereof, said flapcomprising a portion of the container- Wall and a portion 0f saidmember, 'and `means including a section oftape having adhesiveconnection intermediate its endswith the flap and adhesive connectionYat an end with the container and adapted for detachable connection atits other end With the container for manipulating GQ the-fiap to andfrom closure position.

